Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae
Full reference: F. A. Lucas. 1901. A flightless auk, Mancalla californiensis, from the Miocene of California. Proceedings of the US National Museum 24(1245):133-134
Belongs to Mancalla according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Howard 1949, Howard 1970, Lambrecht 1933, Lucas 1901, Miller 1946, Miller 1956, Miller and DeMay 1942, Miller and Howard 1949, Smith 2011, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Mancalla cedrosensis, Mancalla lucasi, Mancalla vegrandis
Type specimen: USNM 4976, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is 3rd Street tunnel, which is in a Pliocene coastal shale in the Fernando Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (5: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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